Long-term carriage of NDM-1-producing Escherichia coli

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2185-2186

  Poirel, Laurent ^a   Hervé, Vincent ^b   Hombrouck Alet, Cécile ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

^b Centre Médical de Bligny   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Metallo lactamases; Persistence

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LETTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 80051677359     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr236     Document Type: Letter

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